Berry box or container



Oct., 2o, 1925.

P. FLANSBURG l `vIRRY BOX 0R CONTINER Fileddune so, 1924 2 sheets-sheet 1 oct. 20,1925. A 1.558,155

P. FLANSBURG I 'ERRY sox on oNTAINE Filed June 30, 1924 2 Sheets-Shoot 42 Patented Oct. 20, 17925# UNITED STATES :PETER FLANSBURG, or MANIs'rEE, MICHIGAN.

J BERRY Box on CONTAINER.

Application led June'BO, 1924. Serial No.`723,266.

To all whom it may concern.'

y Be it known that PETER FI'IANSEURG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manistee, in the county of Manistee and State of Michigan, has invented new and useful lfm# provements in Berry Boxes or Containers, of which the following is a specification.

A patent on a container of ythis kind has been granted to the present applicant and i l@ wherein the construction requires va blank of considerable size and material, there-being numerous folds necessary in order to form the container. A. container of this character, when in blank form, takes Vup a considerable area of space if the blank is laid out flat and if the blank is partly folded considerable space in a perpendicular direction will be consumeds i Y lin view of this, it has been found that fewer containers or boxes can be shipped to a purchaser. Therefore, the present inven tion has for its purpose to provide aconstruction where a greater number of boxes or containers may be shipped-to a purchaser in a very much smaller compass than can be accomplished when shipping the old container. i

In accomplishing this result with the present form of container or box, the4 first named objections and difliculties `are also avoided and in additionvthe'reto agreater saving of material is effected.y also afneater package.y may be made when shipping the present construction of container in large quantities.

lt is to be understood that the particulars herein given arefin no way limitative andV Figure"2 is a sectionalview through the saine on line 2-2 of Figure I1.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on line `3-.-3 of Figure 1 at right rangles to Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a view inr perspective of the box or containerin a collapsed condition, showing how a number of containers can be arranged in `superimposed relation so as to take up a very small .space and produce a package in a small compass.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the blank forming .the sides of the box.

Figure 6 is a view of the blank of the bottom of the box.

j Figure 7 is a view of a modified form of blank' wherein the bottom is made an integral part of one of the sides.

Figure 8 is a sectional view of the box or crate wherein the blank in Figure 7 is employed.

' Referring to the drawings, l designates a blank which is of elongated form and of a width sufficient to form the height of the sides ofthe box or container. It is obvious that any size lof blank madeof any suitable material may be used. Furthermore, the blank forming' the sides is provided with perforations at 2 in ordei` to permit air to percolate through thev sides and circulate among the berries and also Vallow a portion of the moisture to drain therefrom.

The blank, as shown in Figure 5, is scored `foldedrat'these locations so as to provide a container or box of rectangularformation. Where the blank is scored at 5 and 6, it is provided with extensions 7 and 8 which overlap. The upper edges lof these overlapping parts 7 and 8 are held together by a strip of metal 9 which is bent upon itself -longitudinally to form a construction U- shaped in cross section. This U-shaped holder straddles the upper edges of the overlapping extensions 7 and 8-to hold them in register. The upper edges of the remaining sides of the box'or container are provided with similar U-shaped strips of metal4 10, not for the pur ose of holdingtwosides together but-for e purpose of imparting rigidity in order to prevent the box or container from distorting or bulging out at the sides, especially when filled with berries or the like. The U-shaped metal holder' 9 also insures rigidity for the side of the box which is made up of the overlapping extensions.

Secured to the lower edge of the side 11 by means of a similar U-shaped holding strip '12, as in Figures 1, 2. 3 and 4, is a blank 18 forming the bottom of the container. This bottom or blank 18 is scored at 14 adjacent its margin so as to provide extension flaps 15. One of the extension flaps 15 is clamped in position by the U- shaped metal strip holder 12. `When the bottom. is in position, the iiaps 15 are folded or bent at right angles to the bottom so as to lie adjacent the sides of the container and when so disposed they are held in position by the fasteners 16 which are carried by the sides of the container. The flaps 15 are for the purpose of disposing the bottom offset above the lower edges of the sides of the container so as to permit air to circulate under the container and pass lupwardly through the perforations in the bottom as well as to circulate among the berries or the like contained therein. The perforations 17 il;f the bottom also permit moisture to drain O Two of thetfasteners, one opposite the other, are carried by certain opposite sides of the container and each fastener comprises a single piece of sheet metal of elongated form which is bent upon itself at 18 and l19. However, before making the bend 18, the end portion 20 beyond the bend 18 is passed through a slit in the side and the folded part 2O clamped tightly thereagainst. The other extension 21 caused to be formed by the fold 19 holds one of the flaps 15 inplace and assists in holding the bottom in proper position. In fact, all of the fasteners 16 are similarly constructed and applied. However, the side which is made up of theoverlapping extensions 6 and 7 has two fasteners 16 in order to more securely holdthe overlapping extensions 6 and 7 in position and in `register'and since this side is made up of two thicknesses of /materialf'it can be readily seen that additional rigidity is afforded.

In Figures 7 and 8, the blank is similar to the blank in Figure 5, with vthe exception that the bottom is made a part thereof. In fact, the bottom is integral with the upper edge of one of the sides and in so constructing the blank it is necessary to provide two scored lines 22 and 23. The scored line 22 permits one of the flaps 15 '(whichviswider than the otherflaps) to be folded parallel fwith and adjacent to the side.

The other scored line permits the bottom to be folded at right angles to the wide flap. The other flaps 15 are bent downwardly so as to engage with the fasteners of the lower edges of the sides.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed is: i

1. As an article of manufacture, a blank from which a container may be formed, said blank being of elongated formation, scored, causing three sides of the container to be formed and additionally scored, causing extensions of equal length to be formed, the blank being of sufficient width to provide the sides of the container of requisite height, the extensions being overlapped toL form the fourth side of the container with double thickness throughout, U-shaped metal strips straddling` the upper edges of all the sides for imparting rigidity to the container, one of said U-shaped strips clamping the upper edges of the thicknesses of the double side together, a bottom fitted between all sides -of` the container and provided'with marginal flaps which extend downwardly with their lower edges substantially flush with the lower edges of the sides of the container, a U-shaped metal strip straddling and clinching the two thicknesses of the double side and one ofthe flaps of the bottom, thereby connecting the bottom permanently to the side of double thickness, and devices passing through the sides and around the edges of the flaps for securing the remaining flaps of the raised bottom to the other three sides of the container, the construction and arrangement of the devices being such as to permit the flaps to slidably disengage without removing the devices and allowing the bottom to disengage from between the sides, permitting the latter to collapse.

2. As an article of manufacture, a container comprising a blank which forms the sides of the container. the blank being scored to form certain of the sides and causing to be formed extensions substantially equal in length to the first sides and which extensions overlap, forminga side of double thickness throughout` U-shaped metal strips straddling the upper edges of the sides for imparting rigiditv to the. container, one of said U-shaped strips clamping the upper edges of the thicknesses of the double side together. a .raised bottom connected permanently to one of the sides and having downwardly extending flaps lying against and the flaps of the bottom. passing under the flaps and upwardly against the inner faces of the.flaps. thereby supporting the bottom, those portions of the4 clips which engage with the lower edges of the flaps acting to protect said lower edges and avoid excessive wear thereon.

3. As an article of manufacture, a conthe sides, downwardly between the 'inner tainer constructed from a blank to form the faces of the sides and the flaps, over and sides of the container, U-sha-ped metal Strips around the edges of the fla s and upwardly straddling the upper edges of the sides,4 a against the inner faces of tIhe flaps, thereb 5 raised bottom with aps, of which one is supporting the bottom, the portions whic 15 connected to ,one side of the container, the engage around the edges of the aps acting` bottom being fitted betweenall sides of the to rotect the edges and avoid wear thereon. container with the edges of the aps subn testimony whereof he aixes his signastantially flush with certain edges of the ture.

10 sides, and S-shaped clips passing through PETER F LANSBURG. 

